The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-27
A TORN BANK-NOTE.
Twenty Dollars Worth Of Paris
Ian Red Tape.

In one OF MISS ousan t1oic recent
letters from France she describes q lit
lie adventure with In Banquc de Ia
France. that great fountain head from
which flow all the bank notes Of that
country; as Bacdekcr says, Zone Of the
very first establishments Of credit for
the entire world" She says:
You may wonder why the necessities
Of my simple letter Of credit should
have brought me in contact with so
stupcndous machine. but you will
see in the course Of this little tale Of
French red tape. 1t all came about
from the want Of pocket
took my handbag with me when
went to Perier's freres to draw some
money. not dreaming. Of course, Of the
Bank Of France They gave me some
gold and some hundrcd-franc notes
French notes are not like ours. but
larger and squares. made Of fIimsy
white paper. ragged around the edges,
with agriculture and navigation in
pale blue ink. holding their imple-
ments in . weary attitude in front Of a
blue sort Of Fireplace. beneath the sig
natures Of the principal cashier and the
secretary general. Each bill has some
number in each Of its four corners.
never should have noticed these things
but my adventure. Aprimroec by the
river was nothing more than yellow
primrose. and bank note in Paris We
nothing more than warrant Of . GER
tain amount Of enjoyment at the Bon
Aarche. or at voisin's.
folded my notes lengthwisc and
crosswisc. and dropped them, rather
loosely. confess, into the bag. There
We're other things thcre-my notebook.
pccket-handkerchief. and great many
big sous, which are q nuisance. being
heavy and always out Of the way when
wanted in hurry. had long course
that day, in and out Of cabs and shops.
including half an hour ut the water
color exhibition. and several visits
with afternoon teal. during which ]
rummagcd . good deal in the bag 70
hsh up sous Of pour boires- Now do
not hastily suppose i lost the bank
notes. was tired when we reached
home after dinner; but took out the
money, put II in . secret place and
locked it up.
But when, next morning. I sat down
70 my accounts and took out my bank
notes. one Of them was torn--shock-
mgly torn, with great piece gone
out q Il! I ran to the bag. and there
found very small piece which had
cent" on Il. but the rest Of the
corner was missing. / remembered
shaking the bag out over the fire, and
that small bits Of paper fell out.
stuck on the piece that said "cent 7
and then regarded the torn note with
great anguish. Twenty dollars il too
much tolosc anywhere and one hundred
francs seemed even more important.
although was afraid that / might BE-
cast intoprison IL the autho rites should
ma out that ! had burned up piece
q billet de banquc. resolved to reveal
my crime to the landlady Of our hotel
IN fear and trem bling put the mat.
YER before her. and watched her count.
enance a. I showed her the torn bill.
che had . good. comfortable, rudy
complexion; 1 fancied Il turned pale
when she saw the very big hole in the
corner. However. she said. chcerfully
70 nest ricn, madcmoiscllc," and
took y herself to consult the learned.
went about my business with what
chcerfulness ! could command. Losing
money tends to extravaganza in my cx
DeriencA You think Of all the things